[pca] Understanding --fromfiles

[Mauricio Tavares]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Bliss, Kevin L <Bliss.Kevin at con-way.com> wrote:
> Try it without the "*".
>

That worked indeed. Thanks!

Now if I could make it tell me whether I am not allowed to download a
patch (as opposite of it not being available) instead of just saying

Trying https://sunsolve.sun.com/ (1/1)
Failed
Failed (patch not found)

I would be golden.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-bounces at lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Mauricio Tavares
> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:13 PM
> To: pca at lists.univie.ac.at
> Subject: [pca] Understanding --fromfiles
>
> I am having a bit of an issue with  --fromfiles. After installing pca,
> I ran uname -a, showrev -p, and pkginfo -x and save output in a
> directory called solaris8:
>
> bash-3.00# ls /export/pub/sol8/patches/solaris8
> pkginfo.out  showrev.out  uname.out
> bash-3.00#
>
> When I ask pca to download the patches, I get the following message:
>
> bash-3.00# ~/pca --fromfiles=/export/pub/sol8/patches/solaris8/* -d missing
>
> ERROR: Can't find pkginfo/showrev/uname output with prefix
> /export/pub/sol8/patches/solaris8/*
> bash-3.00#
>
> Anything I did wrong?
>
>
>